Day 1: Valencia
Arrival to Valencia and transfer to you hotel.
A Tapas Tour through the Old Quarter as be the best introduction to the local gastronomy and wines of Valencia and Levante area.
Accommodation in Valencia
City Stays
Valencia Highlights
4 days / 3 nights Valencia combine harmoniously the remnants of its farthest past, dating to the year 138 BC, with the most innovative and avant-garde buildings from the new millennium. Its a modern city with a remarkable Cathedral, in Gothic style 17th century and its Miguelete Tower, and the modern museum Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias designed by Calatrava. Originally inhabited by the Iberians since early times and it was later colonized by Greek and Carthaginian traders. It passed to the Moors in the 8th century and at the fall of the caliphate of Cordoba in 1022 it gained its independence for a brief period until it was brought under the rule of Aragón.
Day 2: Valencia
You will discover this wonderful city through its avenues, squares and city’s most renowned buildings. Its Gothic, Baroque and modernist architecture will make an impression on you and you will feel like you are in an outdoor museum, Santa Maria cathedral where the Holy Grail was kept and paintings by Goya, la iglesia de los Desamparados (Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken), the Llotja de la Seda (Silk Exchange), the bullring and other landmarks will be silent witnesses of your visit.
We also propose the best place to learn how to prepare a Paella. It is the city where this delicious dish originates from.
Accommodation in Valencia
Day 3: Valencia/OPTIONS
We suggest a full day visit to explore The Albufera is a freshwater lagoon and estuary on the Gulf of Valencia coast. It is the main portion of the Parc Natural de l’Albufera (“Albufera Natural Park”), with a surface area of 21,120 hectares (52,000 acres) or The City of Arts and Sciences, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela. The complex is situated at the end of the former riverbed of the river Turia, which was drained and rerouted after a catastrophic flood in 1957. The old riverbed was turned into a picturesque sunken park.
Accommodation in Valencia
Day 4: Valencia
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